Hormonal characteristics of free-ranging female lions (Panthera leo) of the Serengeti Plains and Ngorongoro Crater.

doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0970107

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Hormonal characteristics of free-ranging female lions (Panthera leo) of the Serengeti Plains and Ngorongoro Crater.

Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 Jan 1993

Brown J L, Bush M, Packer C, Pusey A E, Monfort S L, O'Brien S J, Janssen D L, Wildt D E

Abstract excerpt

Pituitary responses to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and prolactin and steroid secretory profiles were examined in two populations of adult, female lions in the Serengeti (one outbred in the Serengeti Plains and one inbred in the Ngorongoro Crater) to determine whether reductions in gene...

Topics

Adrenal Glands
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Animals
Animals, Wild
Female
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Genetic Variation
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Hormones
Hydrocortisone
Lions
Luteinizing Hormone
Pituitary Gland
Progesterone

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PMID: 8385220
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0970107

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